Missouri football players boycott in support of protest

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri football players announced on Twitter that they will not participate in team activities until the university president resigns, a move designed to join forces with a black graduate student who is holding a hunger strike.

The statement from the athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team was tweeted out Saturday by several members of the football team, including starting running back Russell Hanbrough.

Jonathan Butler has not eaten since Monday and met with Missouri President Tim Wolfe on Friday to discuss the university's handling of racial harassment cases.